Emirates

Very narrow seats and aisles. Very uncomfortable if your neighbour is large. In the aisle seat you are continually knocked by staff passing up and down aisle. The good legroom is gained by reducing the cushioning on the seat so they soon become uncomfortable on a long flight. and if the person in front reclines the seat the advantage of the legroom is sacrificed.

Legroom is good and the seats are comfortable.

Auckland to Brisbane. We had chosen seats 52J and 52K bulkhead seats in the first row of the second economy class cabin which did offer more leg room. They are located next to the galley so you get a lot of noise from that area. This did not bother me at all but on a much longer flight if you wanted to sleep may have been a bad choice. The hot towels were very welcome and also the drink service was efficient. When the evening meal was served we seemed to wait ages for the cart to appear at our row. We were offered the choice offered on the menu of Beef or Salmon and then immediately told the Salmon had run out some time ago. Then why offer it? Our row was not offered tea or coffee during the meal service. Just prior to landing the female flight attendant decided to tidy her hair and apply make-up in the galley mirror which took some time she should have done this out of sight of passengers. I think Singapore and Thai in my opinion offer much more for economy passengers.

I am 175 cm tall and weight 78 kg. FRA via DXB to PER and back. Seat comfort is comparable to a cheap charter airline. I cannot understand how Emirates has such a good performance rating. We were so disappointed to Emirates because of the service and the quality of seating. I am sure we will choose for our next longhaul flight SIA again. SIA and THAI has a better Service and better seating comfort.

I have made many long haul flights out of Washington DC including some 17 hour flights to Narita Japan but this 14 hour flight was by far the worst and most uncomfortable journey I have ever made. I usually get up frequently to help with leg swelling but sitting in the middle of the 4 pack of seats was nearly impossible getting out even for me as a 5'7" thin build woman. General back pain and discomfort for the entire flight. I wish I could say the entertainment made up for it but it was in no way worth it over other comparative flying experiences I have had on airlines like British Airways and Qatar. I was generally looking forward to flying Emirates after hearing great things but do your body a favor and avoid this economy flight if at all possible.

I really don't know how all the other airlines have much more space than this one. First of all how can they be number 1 airline when economy seats are totally uncomfortable? Configuration 3x4x3 is too much because as a passenger you don't have enough space and also for cabin crew who are struggling to pass with all service trolleys. Also between the services you need to be careful not to be hit by cart on - knee leg or shoulder. As someone mentioned before it's so poor ambience when you see full cabin with all the luggage bags and poor cabin crew who don't have space for all this stuff. What are they willing to do just to have more money?

The A380 is great and Economy class BKK - Hong Kong is really acceptable. Good food and decent entertainment but they didn't offer wine and passengers didn't know you had to ask for it. The one thing I didn't like was the quality of the headphones and the background hiss was awful however I also have a hearing problem but this was terrible. I ended up watching a film on the laptop.

We flew with A380. The seats with this headrest behind your head is a disaster. Your head is pressed forward all the time - many people were complaining about this. You cannot sit relaxed with your head to the back like in the normal Boeing.

It was my first flight with Emirates and with an A380 and I (192m) had enough space for my long legs which is not usual in economy-class when you are tall. While I slept my legs touched the seat in front of me but I'm used to that. People of "normal" size shouldn't have problems with the space. The TV-Screen and the entertainment system was very good and had a large choice of movies and music.

The seats are not wide enough at all the return flight my backside started to ache as 7 hrs is a long flight on uncomfortable seats. TV is OK but the system is dated on the 777 and was a bit grubby. I flew on 3 of these and only one had a nice TV on the other hand the A380 was much more comfortable and a much better flight I guess because of the added room.